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9-11GaveMe5G t1_j22b97r wrote

Reply to comment by Caleb2099 in TikTok is now banned on mobile devices issued by US House of Representatives by nacorom

The company I work for doesn't allow this. Why in the world would a government device allow it? I'm hoping this is just codifying existing norms, but I'm sure Gaetz has Teen Tinder on his phone

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ComfortableProperty9 t1_j23v1z0 wrote

I don't know what the regulatory space looks like for the feds but there are regulations for a few different industries that cover mobile security. There are companies out there that just do mobile management for large mega-corps. Tens of thousands of mobile devices under management.

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eldog t1_j24fiue wrote

I did IT for a military contractor and they are not even allowed to install anything without IT doing it and for IT to do it they need management and security approval. I can't imagine how they impose this regulation for a contractor but not for actual Fed employees.

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forcedfx t1_j23y8fn wrote

That was Blackberry's bread and butter.

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eldog t1_j24fp4e wrote

They still use Blackberry UEM to secure iPhones for the gov

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Combatical t1_j248wah wrote

Never thought I'd say this but I miss my blackberry. Touch screens be damned.

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deadsoulinside t1_j24k8tp wrote

At this point you can leverage Microsoft In-Tune to manage app installs for mobile devices and to be fucking honest should already be in place with tight restrictions. If they don't, then we as a nation are fucked as government phones are not being restricted from installing/running any app in the playstores and we already know how many unsafe apps are out there that only get removed later.

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DjangoBaggins t1_j23wlwi wrote

I needed ITs permission to put Spotify on my work laptop...

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atomicpenguin12 t1_j23vmsh wrote

It doesn’t matter how secure your OS is if you voluntarily install malware on it

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atomicpenguin12 t1_j241mh2 wrote

What I mean to say is that TikTok is an invasive piece of software that is literally designed to bypass your phone's security settings and track your data, including location and personal information, even if you specifically don't give it permission to do so: https://old.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/w1i3ik

And an internal investigation of ByteDance, the company that owns and operates TikTok, recently confirmed that they were accessing and using this private data technology to track the physical locations of journalists: https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/bytedance-confirms-using-tiktok-monitor-journalists

That's what I mean when I say that TikTok is malware. As for your other point, I'm not Apple so I don't know why they allowed this incredibly invasive piece of software into their app store. But a piece of software that tracks your personal information even if you deny it permission to do so is malware.

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